But, there was an early bird deal that made it pretty cheap, and I figured that even if it was just a so-so product, it could have some use, such as making it easier to transcribe videos and podcasts for posts here on Techdirt. I was already skeptical - in part because of the mis-targeted marketing and because the video looked too good to be true, given the state of transcription products in the market, and I had read that Verge article. That is, taking notes helps you pay better attention, and thus if you actually used the device the way it was advertised, you might get less out of lectures and meetings.Īll that said, here’s a confession: I still backed it. Because the process of taking notes yourself actually helps you commit things to memory. That is, it positioned the device as a thing that you could use to “stop taking notes” in classes and meetings in order to pay better attention and learn more. On top of that, the project’s marketing pitch seemed… wrong. The device got some press coverage - including a quite reasonably skeptical piece at The Verge, entitled “No way this transcription gizmo is as good as it claims to be.” There was a lot more skepticism around the project in the comments to the project as well. It was a little a cylindrical device that acted as a microphone, and the guys behind the project insisted that it could transcribe notes with fairly incredible levels of accuracy. Fri, May 12th 2017 03:42pm - Mike MasnickĪ few months back, I saw some news about a crowdfunding project on IndieGogo, called Titan Note.
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